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Friday 16 September 2016

Music video's through the ages, 1900-2000's.

1920's - Sweet Georgia Brown

  • Black and white
  • One camera angle, stay in one position through out the whole thing
1920's - St Louis Blues
  • More than one camera angle
  • Camera panned across the screen, it moved all over the place and they focus on the main singer.
  • Still in black and white no colour.
  • A lot more action, scenery and more actors.
1950's - Jailhouse rock, Elvis Presley
  • Dancing and was all choreographed. 
  • Set - in a jail so they have a story for the video.
  • Black and white.
  • Better sound.
  • Lots more camera angles.
1960-'s Bob Dylan,  Subterranean homesick blues
  • Story line.
  • One main focus point.
  • Black and white, but clearer quality.
  • Sound is clearer.
  • Abstract.
1960's - Strawberry fields forever, The Beatles
  • Colour
  • Much clearer sound
  • Lots of lights
  • Set outside
  • Much more editing has been involved.
  • Effects.

1970's - Bohemian rhapsody, Queen
  • Lighting has improved
  • Fades and cuts used.
  • Editing has improved greatly.
  • Much more colour yet the video is very dark in areas.
  • Recored as if they are on stage performing.
  • Uses silhouettes.
  • Very long.
  • Glam/Rock - make up, satin, costumes
  • Much more creative.
1970's - Jocko Homo, Devo
  • Electric music
  • Lot's of characters.
  • Clever editing.
  • Futuristic.
  • Crazy.
1980's - David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes
  • Glam rock
  • Uses a green screen.
  • Uses lots of characters.
  • Changes from colour to black and white and then back to colour.
  • A lot of different scenery.
  • Things got weird.
  • Experimental.

1980 - Video Killed The Radio Star, The Buggles
  • Comic effects.
  • Futuristic.
  • So many different uses of the camera.
1990's - Stop, Spice Girls
  • Auto tune.
  • Choreographed dances.
  • Pop.
1990's - Nirvana, Heart Shaped Box
  • Rock/Grunge.
  • Two different sides of the video, light happy side and then a dark side.
  • Focus on Kurt Cobain.
  • Animation.
  • Religious.

2000's - Blink 182, All The Small Things.
  • Parody.
  • Dancing.
  • Editing is good.
  • Colourful, fun, happy.
  • Big budget.
2016's - Future, The Weekend
  • Explicit language
  • Dark

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